Dipping my toe into crisp yellow ochre
After 50 circuses
50 halos
Each holding the other’s tightly
Protecting
Hiding
Justifying
Smiling
Singing stories, swelling 50 wide
Learning lessons from fickle’s folly
Shaping blindness to a gossamer view
Shift the threshold with a pause from wisdom’s smile
Aware, that steady spell’s favor is now
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I enjoyed this very nice 50th birthday poem! Happy 50th…and also welcome to Poets United Poetry Pantry. Smiles.
Thanks! I am glad I stumbled upon your website. See you next Sunday!
Lovely, lovely poem. Especially the lines “Learning lessons from fickle’s folly/Shaping blindness to a gossamer view.” This perfectly depicts a current life task of mine… learning lessons, shaping blindness… well done.
Thanks Serena, glad you liked it.
Singing stories—Loved this bustling write
“Learning lessons from fickle’s folly
Shaping blindness to a gossamer view
Shift the threshold with a pause from wisdom’s smile”
…much learnt on the journey through maturity. Well said.
thanks, I enjoyed visiting your blog as well.
Amazing poem! I too really resonated with these lines:
Learning lessons from fickle’s folly
Shaping blindness to a gossamer view
Shift the threshold with a pause from wisdom’s smile
Others mentioned it above, and, I have to agree–
“Learning lessons from fickle’s folly”
–is a great line. Alliteration sounding nice aloud.